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Poffertjes

Name: Poffertjes
Total time: 60 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Netherlands
Ingredients: 150g All-purpose flour; 50g Buckwheat flour; 1 tsp Dry yeast; 250ml Milk; 1 Egg; 1 tbsp Sugar; A pinch Salt; 40g Butter; To taste Powdered sugar

Dessert

⏱ 60 min

👥 Serves 4

Difficulty ⭐⭐

Bite-sized fluffy pancakes cooked on a special griddle, topped with butter and powdered sugar — a Dutch treat.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Poffertjes are mini pancakes made from a yeasted buckwheat or wheat batter and cooked on a special griddle with small hollows. They're fluffy and eaten hot with pats of butter and lots of powdered sugar. A staple at festival and winter market stalls, they're loved by kids and adults alike.

🌆 Where it's eaten: At a winter market stall, the cook quickly flips poffertjes on a big griddle, heaps them on a paper plate, and showers them with powdered sugar.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

All-purpose flour 150g
Buckwheat flour 50g
Dry yeast 1 tsp
Milk 250ml
Egg 1
Sugar 1 tbsp
Salt A pinch
Butter 40g
Powdered sugar To taste

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Dissolve the yeast and sugar in warm milk.
Add the flour, buckwheat flour, salt, and beaten egg to make a smooth batter.
Cover with plastic wrap and let rise 1 hour.
Brush a takoyaki pan with melted butter and fill each hollow about halfway with batter.
When bubbles appear on top, flip with a skewer and cook the other side.
Plate, top with pats of butter, and dust generously with powdered sugar.

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